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March 10, 2021
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Media deceives Americans about details of HR 1 . . . If signed into law by President Biden, HR1 would upend the way Americans conduct elections. But the way many media outlets are covering it, one would think the bill—which Democrats designated as HR 1 or the so-called For the People Act—is just a simple, uncontroversial “reform” that most Americans agree with. It’s far from that. The Democrats’ bill is sweeping
in what it aims to do. It would override hundreds of state laws governing the orderly conduct of elections, federalize control of voting and elections to a degree without precedent in American history, end two centuries of state power to draw congressional districts, turn the Federal Elections Commission into a partisan weapon, and massively burden political speech against the government while offering government handouts to congressional campaigns and campus activists. Daily Signal
How H.R. 1 Curtails Free Speech . . . H.R. 1, the Democrats’ sweeping election reform package also has major implications for free speech—which have largely gone unnoticed. Critics of the bill say that the disclosure rules open the door for intimidation and harassment of Americans for their political beliefs. Some also say that it subsidizes political campaigning with taxpayer money and thrusts piles of paperwork upon Americans who want
to criticize elected officials. To find out what’s really hidden in the weeds of this nearly 800-page bill, watch a video of David Keating, president of the Institute for Free Speech detailing the HR1. The Democrats are billing it as ‘For the People Act,’ but… a more accurate title would be ‘For the Politicians Act’ Epoch Times
House Set to Approve Covid-19 Relief Bill . . . The House was set to pass a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package Wednesday and send it to President Biden for his signature, as Democrats prepared to push through new payments to households and other aid measures without any Republican support. The relief bill pairs new funds for public-health measures with another dose of economic aid, offering a $1,400 check to many
Americans and an extension of a $300 weekly jobless-aid supplement. It includes a one-year expansion of the child tax credit that Democrats hope to make permanent; showers money on schools, vaccine distribution efforts and state and local governments; and provides support to struggling multi-employer pensions, among other measures. Wall Street Journal
Dems spar over COVID-19 vaccine strategy . . . Publicly, House Democrats are largely united behind a simple message surrounding COVID-19 vaccines: Get one as soon as you can and take whichever one is offered. Yet behind the scenes, Democratic leaders and rank-and-file members are at odds over their strategy, a disagreement rooted in growing concerns that the new, slightly less effective one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine might be
sent disproportionately to vulnerable minority communities. The J&J vaccine, like the Pfizer and Moderna versions, is about 100 percent effective in preventing coronavirus-related hospitalizations and deaths. But while Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have an overall efficacy of about 95 percent in preventing moderate to severe disease, that number for the J&J version is just 66 percent — though experts point out the J&J vaccine was being tested after more contagious variants had begun
spreading in the U.S., unlike the Pfizer and Moderna versions. The Hill
Now, after many people have been vaccinated with J&J, the nomenklatura are debating vaccine strategy and voicing their concerns with it.
New CDC guidelines a blow for ailing airline industry . . . The CDC this week delivered a tough blow to the airline industry, which is struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. While the CDC issued a number of recommendations that allow vaccinated and low-risk people more freedom to gather, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said Monday that the agency’s advice on travel remains the same for both vaccinated and
unvaccinated Americans: Don’t do it. The Hill
Catholic leaders draw blowback for advising against J&J vax over ‘moral concerns’ . . . Roman Catholic leaders in Long Island have drawn blowback for advising the faithful not to take the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because the shot is produced using a cell line derived from an aborted fetus. The Diocese of Rockville Centre recently joined several others from around the country, and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, in
discouraging parishioners from getting the single-dose shot.
The diocese, home to 1.4 million Catholics, did not prohibit the J&J vaccine but said that “on moral grounds,” the other inoculations from Pfizer and Moderna were preferred, if available. The head of Long Island’s Episcopal Church said the message from the diocese was reckless and misleading. New York
Post
It's okay when the government apparatchiks express "concerns" about the less effective J&J tax impacting minority communities, but don't you dare, religious leaders, suggesting to your communities of faith to take more effective vaccine options that did not use cell lines from aborted fetuses.
Texas sheds COVID mask, occupancy restrictions . . . Texans awoke on Wednesday with a statewide mask mandate and occupancy restrictions in businesses lifted, a move some heralded as freedom and others as foolishness. On paper, Texas’ rollback of coronavirus mitigation efforts is the most sweeping seen in the United States, along with a similar measure in Mississippi. In practice, vast swaths of Texas have rarely enforced mask or
occupancy mandates in the past year, anyway. Several major retailers, grocery and restaurant chains in Texas said they would still require that masks be worn in their stores. Reuters
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The Biden blitz is coming . . . President Biden is preparing to embark on a new, far more public-facing phase of his term. Biden is scheduled to deliver his first prime-time address as president Thursday, which will focus on the Covid crisis. Later this month, he’ll hold the first press conference of his young presidency. He’s committed to making a still-unscheduled address to Congress. And officials are busy preparing for a
sprawling sales campaign designed to draw attention to the benefits of the Covid-relief package. Politico
VP Harris takes another call with a world leader, independent of POTUS . . . Harris spoke with the prime minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, where Harris "affirmed her commitment to deepening the strong alliance between Norway and the United States." " The Vice President thanked the Prime Minister for Norway’s close security partnership with the United States and generous contributions to development and health security efforts around
the world," according to a readout of the call. Harris previously took calls alone with French President Emanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Fox News
Young Central American Migrants See Biden Era as Chance to Enter US . . . Honduran teenager Elder Cruz, a 15-year-old orphan says he plans to try his luck at the U.S. border again in the coming months because “[Donald] Trump is no longer president of the U.S. and there’s a new one,” even though he doesn’t know the name of President Biden. “My friends have told me that with the new president, it will be easier to enter the U.S.,” said
Mr. Cruz, who lives near the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula. Across parts of Mexico and Central America, the source of most illegal immigration to the U.S., many would-be migrants don’t follow the ins and outs of U.S. immigration policy. But many agree on one thing: It is probably easier to get in with Mr. Biden than with Mr. Trump. Wall Street Journal
Illegal Border Crossings Skyrockets in February . . . As Biden rolled back several existing border initiatives, the number of people crossing illegally into the US hit 101,500. In February—despite a week of freezing weather—Border Patrol apprehended 101,535 illegal border crossers along the southern border, according to Jaeson Jones, a former Texas Department of Public Safety captain. Another 26,000 people evaded capture, he
said. The February number is almost triple the apprehensions from February 2020, when Border Patrol caught almost 37,000 people, while in 2019, on the cusp of the most recent crisis, the number was almost 77,000. Epoch Times
President Trump: 'Our country is being destroyed at the Southern border' . . . Former President Donald Trump issued a statement on Tuesday in which he said that the nation "is being destroyed at the Southern border." "When I was President, our Southern border was in great shape — stronger, safer, and more secure than ever before," the nation's 45th president said in the statement. "We ended Catch-and-Release, shut down asylum fraud, and
crippled the vicious smugglers, drug dealers, and human traffickers. The wall, despite horrendous Democrat delays, would have easily been finished by now, and is working magnificently. Our country is being destroyed at the Southern border, a terrible thing to see!" Just the News
Republican leaders reiterate commitment to working with Trump . . . GOP leaders looked to turn down the temperature Tuesday night with former President Trump amid a back-and-forth with the former president over the party’s use of his name and likeness in its fundraising efforts. The chairs of the RNC, NRSC and NRCC released a joint statement maintaining they look forward to working with Trump heading into the
midterms. “The RNC, NRSC and NRCC are grateful for President Trump’s support, both past and future. . . Together, we look forward to working with President Trump to retake our Congressional majorities and deliver results for the American people,” read the joint statement, which came just hours after Trump put out his statement berating “RINOs and fools” while maintaining he supports the Republican Party. The Hill
New DCCC CTO Called On Followers to ‘Burn Every Cop Precinct to the Ground’ if Police Killed Her . . . The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) new chief technology officer, Erica Joy Baker, has tweeted anti-police rhetoric and even called on police precincts to be burnt to the ground if she were to be killed by an officer. In past tweets Baker shared her stance on defunding the police, compared police officers to “giant
pieces of sh*t” and called for her followers to burn every cop precinct to the ground, shut down the highways and throw tear gas back at the police officers if the cops kill her. “If the cops kill me, the only way to ‘sully’ my legacy is to *not* be out in the streets. if the cops kill me, burn every cop precinct to the ground. if the cops kill me, shut down the highways and throw the teargas back at em when they try you. gtfo with that ‘sully’ shit,” one of Baker’s tweets from Sept. 24,
2020 reads. Daily Caller
Let's see if Twitter de-platforms her. The double-standard with which media and The Big Tech have been treating liberals and conservatives has been astounding.
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Admiral warns US military losing its edge in Indo-Pacific . . . The US is losing its military edge in the Indo-Pacific as China rapidly expands in ways that suggest it is preparing for aggressive action, the top American commander in the region has warned.
Admiral Philip Davidson, head of Indo-Pacific command, said the military balance in the region has “become more unfavourable” to the US, raising the threat of China taking action because of declining deterrence. “We are accumulating risk that may embolden China to unilaterally change the status quo before our forces may be able to deliver an effective response,” Davidson told a Senate armed services committee hearing. “I cannot for the life of me understand some of the capabilities
that they're putting in the field, unless it is an aggressive posture,” he said. Financial Times
Pentagon strategist, says Iran nukes 'probable' . . . The Pentagon’s top strategist believes it is “probable” that Iran’s anti-American Islamist regime will one day possess nuclear weapons, according to his talking points obtained by The Washington Times. James H. Baker, who directs the Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment (ONA), raised that inevitability during a private talk in July 2017 before a Japanese-U.S. audience. At the time,
Iran was under the constraints of a U.S.-led, time-limited agreement that prevented Tehran from seeking nuclear arms but the new Trump administration was weighing an end to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Program of Action (JCPOA) with Iran. Washington Times
Ivy League Colleges Partner With Chinese Health Institutions Tied to Military . . . Ivy League universities and medical schools are partnering with China-backed institutions considered to be grave national security risks. Harvard University, Yale School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania partner with Chinese institutions backed by the Chinese military or the Chinese Communist Party. At least six of the seven universities
in Harvard’s consortium have serious security risks, as they are tied to other research on behalf of the People’s Liberation Army. Three of the seven universities—Sichuan University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, and Tsinghua University—help develop technologies for Chinese defense, including the Chinese nuclear program. All three of these universities have links to Chinese cyber espionage efforts. Washington Free Beacon
DARPA, CIA-contracted fund partner to stop China from stealing US intellectual property . . . The federal government has a new plan to stop China from buying up America’s intellectual property from taxpayer-funded researchers: Pay scientists more taxpayer dollars to turn their research into American businesses. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said it witnessed an uptick in foreign investors aggressively targeting its
early-stage researchers in the past five years and thinks outcompeting other countries will help stop a brain drain. China is advancing a “Made in China 2025” plan to become the world leader in high-tech manufacturing for several critical sectors. DARPA, the Department of Defense’s research and development arm that takes credit for birthing the internet, is keen on fighting to maintain America’s technological advantage. It plans to take 150 technologies out of its labs and
transfer them to the private sector. Washington Times
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Saddened Queen will address Harry and Meghan's racism accusation . . . Queen Elizabeth said on Tuesday the British royals were saddened by the challenging experiences of her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan and promised to privately address revelations about a racist remark about their son. Meghan and Harry’s tell-all TV interview with Oprah Winfrey aired on U.S. television on Sunday has plunged the monarchy into its
biggest crisis since the 1997 death of Harry’s mother Diana. Buckingham Palace said in a statement issued on behalf of Elizabeth, “. . . The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. Whilst some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately. Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved family members.”
The Palace considered that this was a family matter that they should have an opportunity to discuss privately as a family. Reuters
It takes just on woke unappreciative brat to poison relationships in a good honorable family. Sad.
Megyn Kelly: ‘Covered Herself In Blood Diamonds’ Claiming To Not Be Into ‘Grandeur’ Of Being A Royal . . . Megyn Kelly reacted to Meghan Markle’s tell-all interview on Monday, pointing out that Markle “covered herself in blood diamonds” while claiming not to be into the “grandeur” of being a royal. “She [Megan Markle] goes onto say, I don’t believe in any of the grandeur,” Kelly explained during her appearance on ITV’s “Good
Morning Britain.” Daily Caller
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CLEAN Future Act, Dems' climate change bill, aims to remake US economy . . . House Dems are brewing a hefty climate-change bill to satisfy an environmental wish-list that includes removing fossil fuels from the electric grid, cracking down on natural gas pipelines, and earmarking $500 million to install electric vehicle charging stations throughout the U.S. President Biden and his Democrats trumpet the CLEAN Future Act as a
“jobs bill.”Tucked into its 981 pages is a step-by-step formula to remake the US economy and reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the same goal set by the Paris Climate Agreement from which former President Trump withdrew and that Mr. Biden rejoined in the first hours of his presidency. The bill dictates the U.S. will have a 100% “clean” — carbon-free — electricity standard by 2035. To accelerate the transition, all retail electricity suppliers must reach at least 80% clean energy by
2030 and all-electric utilities must offer some form of solar power to customers. Washington Times
Walmart owned Sam's Club tops Costco in the land of apps . . . Big box retailers have thrived during the coronavirus pandemic as has mobile ordering and pick-up. But the digital fight has seen a shift in warehouse leadership between Costco, Walmart-owned Sam's Club and BJ's Wholesale Club. According to app intelligence firm, Apptopia Sam's Club is winning against Costco and BJ's on the digital landscape. The Sam's app was downloaded 9.6
million times, nearly double the amount that Costco's app was downloaded. Traditionally Costco is the leader with Sam's Club in the runner-up spot -- when it comes to sales. Number three player is BJ's. Fox Business
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Pentagon extends National Guard presence at Capitol through May 23 . . . Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved keeping nearly 2,300 National Guardsmen at the U.S. Capitol through May 23, the Pentagon said Tuesday evening. The move extends the Guard’s deployment more than two months past when it was supposed to end this week. The number of approved troops is about half of the 5,100 currently stationed at the Capitol. The Hill
Candace Owens Announces New Late Night Show On Daily Wire . . . Conservative political commentator Candace Owens announced Tuesday she will be hosting a new late-night talk show on the conservative news website and media company the Daily Wire. Daily Wire announced the new show would premiere March 19. “The timing right now is really crucial to stand up on a platform and to say, ‘I’m here. I’m a conservative. I’m not apologizing,'”
Owens said in a video announcing the new show. “I am really committed to changing things. This show is going to be uplifting, funny, political … this show is going to be all of the pieces of me.” Daily Caller
I'll be watching. Love this lady.
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Dana Perino on How President Bush Kicked Her Out Of Oval Office . . . Dana Perino spilled the details of what led former President George W. Bush to kick her out of the Oval Office during her early days in his administration. The Fox News host said it happened when her boss, Communications Director Dan Bartlett, told her to go to the Oval Office as the White House Press Secretary in 2006 for an interview between
Bush and a journalist that apparently the president hadn’t agreed to do. “I don’t even think President Bush knew my name at the time — I’m not sure,” Perino explained while promoting her new book, “Everything Will Be Okay: Life Lessons For Young Women (From A Former Young Woman).” Perino said after it was clear the interview wasn’t going to happen, Bush, “cocked his head” and “basically said, ‘See yourself out.'” “I called [my husband] Peter, and I was tearful. He said,
‘Well just think, for the rest of your life, you can say I’ve been kicked out of better places than this.'” Despite that awkward start, Dana and GWB ended up having a good relationship and he became a “great mentor” to her. Daily Caller
This is not satire. ;-)
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